Adoptive Child's Name Change on Passport

by Celine
(Thousand Oaks, CA)

Question: As a foster parent, we applied for our little girl's passport last year under her legal name at the time and as foster parents.

We just completed adoption and therefore, need to change her name on passport and Social Security card. We do not have the new/revised birth certificate yet, but we do have the court order which shows us as legal parents.

We do not want to send the original paperwork as we only have few copies and need to keep them until we get a birth certificate.

How do we go about this?

Aside from fees and pictures, how can I get the required documents? The State won't issue additional original adoption certificates.

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